TAESP: Places of Special Interest Dataset

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POSI Number TP016
GU number GU0308
SIA Number TS03
Intensive Survey Zone Asinou
Village Nikitari
Locality Alonia
Easting 497075.00
Northing 3877825.00
Elevation (m) 530.00
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Source Aerial
Aerial Photograph 63-35-036
Team Leader ESG
References Aerial image/print IP0016
Summary 3 threshing floors: 1 paved and 2 possible others
Topography Along ridge with steep slopes on either side.
Vegetation Abundant barley fields scattered with almonds and hawthorn trees.
Access Accessible by way of paths and roads.
Description Environment Numerous plateaus at different elevations. Area still used by settlers (evidence in clear roads and newly planted almond trees). Surrounding fields have not been cultivated for many years.
Pottery None
Tile None
Chipped Stone Unclear
Ground Stone Unclear
Slag None
Architecture Abundant
Visibility (%) 10
Description POSI Threshing Floor 1- paved, level, 11.40m W-E, 7.70m N-S, perhaps flat along one side and circular along the other. Coordinates: Easting 497075, Northing 3877865. Threshing Floor 2- Coordinates: Easting 497075, Northing 3877825. Unpaved, rubble inclusions, looks as if bulldozed, has circular shape. Threshing Floor 3- Coordinates: Easting 497100, Northing 3877935. Circular, unpaved?, large flat stones in the vicinity (possibly taken out to make room for grove of almond trees). All placed in prominently windy places (environmental advantage to threshing process).
Condition TF 1 is very well preserved, others unknown due to poor visibility.
Settlement No
Church No
Building No
Bridge No
Check Dam No
Threshing Floor Yes
Tomb No
Kiln No
Other Structure No
Rock No
Mine/Adit No
Botany No
Extraction No
Road No
Pottery No
Lithics No
View No
Geomorphology No
Prehistoric No
Iron Age No
Hellenistic/Roman No
Medieval/Ottoman Yes
Modern Yes
Slag No
Shrine No
Entered By EDV
Entered Date 28/6/2001 00:00:00
Recorded By EDV
Recorded Date 28/6/2001 00:00:00


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